Professional website of Katy Saintin Senior Expert CEA – Scientific Software Engineering
Katy Saintin – Personal Professional Website
Vision
Create a modern, elegant and maintainable personal website acting as a central hub for all professional and public activities of Katy Saintin.
The website should not be a traditional résumé.
It should be a professional portfolio showcasing:
- Scientific Software Engineering
- Scientific Data Engineering
- Control Systems (SCADA, EPICS, TANGO, MUSCADE)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Publications and Conferences
- Teaching and Knowledge Transfer
- Technical Leadership
- Outreach and Content Creation
The objective is to provide a complete digital identity while maintaining a clear separation between professional achievements and personal universes.
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Design Philosophy
The website must reflect:
- Scientific rigor
- Technical expertise
- Knowledge sharing
- Innovation
- Accessibility
- Simplicity
The design should feel:
- Professional
- Modern
- Human
- Trustworthy
Avoid:
- Corporate clichés
- Excessive animations
- Overly technical interfaces
- Generic developer portfolio templates
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Visual Identity
Primary Color
Navy Blue
#2f3b73
Represents:
- expertise
- engineering
- scientific environment
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Secondary Color
Terracotta
#c96f4a
Represents:
- humanity
- communication
- creativity
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Background
#f8f7f4
Warm off-white.
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Typography
Clean modern sans-serif:
- Inter
- Segoe UI
- System UI
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Architecture
The website follows a strict MVC-inspired architecture.
Model
Single source of truth:
data/data.json
Contains:
- site metadata
- menu
- hero
- statistics
- publications
- projects
- universes
- footer
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Controller
js/site.js
Responsible for:
- loading JSON
- language management
- rendering pages
- Google Analytics
No business data should be hardcoded.
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Views
Static pages:
index.html cv.html portfolio.html publications.html conferences.html teaching.html ai.html community.html
Views should contain minimal HTML and rely on site.js.
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Home Page
Hero
Katy Saintin
Expert Senior CEA
Scientific Software & Data Engineering
Control Systems • Scientific Data • AI
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Key Statistics
25+ Years Experience
20+ International Publications
40+ MUSCADE Projects
90+ Systems Supported
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Featured Section
Curriculum Vitae
Main call-to-action.
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Key Achievements
- Creator of SOLEIL DataBrowser
- Creator of Scientific Data Retriever
- Product Owner MUSCADE
- CEA Senior Expert
- International Conference Speaker
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Universes
Cards linking to:
- Katy In Control
- Hors Kadre
- Medium
- Photography
- Music
- AI
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CV Page
The CV page must position Katy Saintin as:
Scientific Software & Data Engineer
not simply:
Java Developer
The narrative should emphasize:
- Scientific software
- Data engineering
- SCADA systems
- Innovation
- Technical leadership
- International collaborations
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Portfolio Page
Major projects:
DataBrowser
Creator and Lead Developer
Scientific Data Retriever
Creator and Lead Developer
Scan SALSA
Creator and Lead Developer
COMETE Framework
Contributor
MUSCADE
Product Owner
PlcParserTool
Creator and Lead Developer
Phoebus Extensions
Lead Developer
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Publications Page
Timeline-based presentation.
Include:
- title
- conference
- year
- PDF link
- abstract
Main conferences:
- NOBUGS
- EPAC
- ICALEPCS
- TANGO Meetings
- EPICS Meetings
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Teaching Page
Highlight:
- Java courses
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Apprentices
- Interns
- Mentoring
- Knowledge transfer
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AI & Digital Twin Page
Present:
- Generative AI Certification
- AI-assisted software engineering
- Documentation generation
- Refactoring
- Knowledge management
- Digital Twin concept
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Community Page
External links:
- GitHub
- Katy In Control
- Medium
- YouTube
- Spotify
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Technical Requirements
- Static website
- GitHub Pages hosting
- Responsive design
- Mobile-first
- Bilingual FR/EN
- Data-driven architecture
- Google Analytics support
- SEO-friendly
- No framework dependency
The website must remain maintainable by editing only data.json whenever possible.